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Midden in Dunbeacon

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On S side small inlet 6m N of Dunbeacon Castle (CO130-025002-). Thin layer of shells (L 14m; D 0.07m) 0.6m below surface, exposed in section on coastline. Shell remains include periwinkle, oyster and cockle. (Westropp 1915, 282).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO130-025001

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